SPIEGEL Surfs the Web The Year of Schiller
Remembering Germany's other Literary Giant
2005 is officially the "Year of Schiller" in Germany, with homages to author Friedrich Schiller, who was Wolfgang von Goethe's best friend, planned across the country. But one of the best memorials to his work is Project Gutenberg, which has placed the full-text versions of more than 30 of his books and poetry volumes on the Internet -- from Love and Intrigue to William Tell to The Robbers , one of the greatest tomes of the German Sturm und Drang period.
The A380 Explained
It's big. That much is clear. But how much do you really know about Airbus's new behemoth jet the A380? All of Europe watched the roll out of the world's largest passenger plane on Tuesday, and to prepare for the event, Airbus has designed a superb Web site with all of the design details you'd ever want. But before you click, beware: it's an absolute timesink of the kind workers love and bosses hate.
Read All About It
The site's title is as descriptive as it is accurate: Today's Front Pages is a Web site that posts scans of the front pages from 340 newspapers in 42 countries, updated daily by the Washington D.C. based Newseum. If you're wondering what's big news in the The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colorado, or maybe The Hindustan Times in New Delhi, India, you can scroll through the alphabetical listings or click on a map to see the most recent front page. Among the site's daily offerings are 52 major European newspapers.
